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Table 2 Primary heart surgery prior to mediastinal infection

From: Daptomycin as supportive treatment option in patients developing mediastinitis after open cardiac surgery

Primary heart surgery

Number (%)

Aortic valve replacement

5 (23.8)

Coronary artery bypass

4 (19.0)

Heart transplantation

3 (14.3)

Left ventricular assist device

3 (14.3)

Biventricular assist device

2 (9.5)

Mitral valve repair

2 (9.5)

Implantation of a defibrillator

2 (9.5)